Mongyang State

This article is about one of the former Shan States. For the present-day district, see Mohnyin District. For the township, see Mohnyin Township. For the town, see Mohnyin.

Not to be confused with Mong Yang in Shan State

Mongyang State
State of the Shan States
bf. 14th century–1604 →
Mongyang (Mohnyin) in a map of the Toungoo Kingdom
History
•	Möngyang state established	bf. 14th century
•	Annexed by the Kingdom of Burma	1604
Today part of		Mohnyin District

Mongyang or Möngyang (Burmese: မိုးညှင်း Mohnyin; also known as Mong Yang) was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It was an outlying territory, located away from the main Shan State area in present-day Kachin State. The state existed before 1400 and after 1604. The main town was Mohnyin (Mong Yang).

History

Möngyang (Mong Yang) was a Shan state established at an uncertain date before the 15th century with the town of Mohnyin as its capital. In 1527 Mongyang armies succeeded in capturing Ava, upsetting the delicate power balance that had existed in the area for nearly two centuries.

A record of the conquest of Mongyang in 1557 is mentioned in a bell inscription relating the conquests of King Bayinnaung. Occupied by the Taungoo Dynasty of Burma between 1579 and 1584, the state was extinguished in 1604.

Rulers

Saophas

• 60?–6?? Hkun Hpa (2nd son of Hkun Lu)
• 940–9?? Sao Hkyan Pha

Myowuns

Under the Konbaung Dynasty the area of the former state was administered by a Viceroy called a Myowun, who was appointed by the king and possessed civil, judicial, fiscal and military powers.

• 1853–18?? Nemyo Minhtin Themanta Yaza (Six Myowuns – Mohnyin, Kawng Ton, Shwegu, Moe Ta, Yin khia, Kat Hsa)

Popular Culture

Mong Yang is a playable nation in Europa Universalis IV.

External links

• "Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan states"